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Lloyd´s classified Viking XPRS
to difficult weather conditions
iking XPRS is a good example of new vessels which are
able to operate in all weather circumstances. It has ice
class 1AS and there are not any problems in traffic also in stormy
conditions", Mr. Matti Niskala says. He is Marine Country Business Manager for Finland of Lloyd´s Register EMEA, which has
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classified the vessel.
According to Mr. Niskala Viking XPRS is also a good example of ship project in which the manufacturing of block has been
decentralized to several yards.
"The blocks have been built in Finland, Poland and Russia and those have been collected together in Aker Yards Helsinki shipyard. This is a challenge to all partners in the project because tolerances have to be same in all production places. Our
role is to control tolerances and also to motivate subcontractors
to right solutions."
The delivery of Viking XPRS was in winter time 2008 and
it will be seen in the traffic between Helsinki and Tallinn under
Swedish flag.
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